gyã̄tā m knower: वह कई विषयों का ~ है he knows a number of subjects. [syn. जानकार]

janma mc (a) birth: मेरा ~ १९०७ में हुआ my -- took place in 1907, I was born in 1907; वह ~ से ही ऐसा है he is like this from his very --; वह ~ से चीनी थी she was a Chinese by --; ~ देना to give birth: माँ ने लड़के को ~ दिया the mother gave -- to a son; ~ लेना to take birth, to be born; कृष्ण ने भारत में ~ लिया Krishna took birth (was born) in India; नये विचारों ने ~ लिया है new idea have originated. [attributive in] ~ -तिथि, ~ -दिन, ~ - नाम, ~ -भूमि, etc. q. v. (b) life: ~ भर वह दुःख भोगता रहा he suffered all his --; ~ भर क़ैद -- imprisonment; ~ बिगाड़ना to spoil one's --. [syn. (a) पैदाइश, (b) जीवन, जिंदगी; ant. मृत्यु, मरण]

janma-din/divas mc [usually sing.] birthday: उसके अगले ~ पर on his next --; आज मेरा ~ है it is my -- today; ~ मनाना to celebrate one's --; ~ का उपहार -- presents/gift.

¹ jeṭh mu Jyeṣṭha, a Hindu month from middle of May to middle of June: ~ के महीने में कड़ी गरमी होती है it is very hot in the month of --.

² jaṛ a (a) inert, inanimate [जगत् world, पदार्थ objects, प्रकृति nature] [ant. चेतन]. (b) stupid, idiot [also जड़बुद्धि].

jut·vānā vt [caus. of जोतना] खेत जुतवाया गया had the field ploughed/tilled; घोड़े गाड़ी मे जुत- वाये जाते है़ horses are caused to be yoked to a cart.

jaṅg mc war, battle = युध्द q. v.

zid, ज़िद्द zidd fu (a) obstinacy, obduracy: बच्चे की ~ -- of the child. (b) insistence: नहाने के लिए ~ -- upon taking a bath. ~ करना to insist, to adopt a obstinate/obdurate attitude. ~ पकड़ना to become obstinate, to insist; ~ पर आना to adopt a stubborn attitude; ~ पर अड़ा रहना to adhere to one's obstinate/obdurate attitude. [a ज़िद्दी, syn. हठ]

jān kãrī 1. knowledge: मुझे इस मुहल्ले की ~ नहीं है I have no -- about this locality; उसे इस विषय की गहरी ~ हो गई he/she acquired a deep -- of this subject. 2. information [आम general, उपयोगी useful, सही-सही accurate]; हमें और ~ मिली we acquired more --; हमारी ~ में ऐसा नहीं था according to our -- it was not so; (की) ~ कराना/देना to bring to one's knowledge, to acquaint smb about, to give information. [syn. ज्ञान, v जानना]

jotāī f tillage = जुताई.